Cake and pie tin



Sep't. 10, 1929. .Q w, STUART 1,728,087

- CAKE AND PIE TIN Filed Jan. 18, 1929 ATTORN EYS Patented Sept. l0,19,29.

UNITED STATES cLYDn WILLIAM s'rUAia'r,` or yNEW YORK, N. Y.k y

CAKE AND rin TIN.

Application filed January '18, `1929. Serial No. 333,484.

This invention relates to cake and pie pans or tins, and has for anobject to provide an improved const-ruction wherein a substantiallyconventional container is provided and a specially constructed cutter orknife associated with the container r1n such a manner as to separate apie or cake from the container when the knife or cutter functions.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide in a cake and pie tin aknife for loosen ing a cake or pie, the'knife being so formed as not totilt or become wedged while'at the same time presenting means whichforms a handle. n

A further object, more specifically, 1s to provide in a pie and cake tina knife formed with converging knife members having at one end a pivotalmounting and at the other end a handle with parts slidably interlockingwith the edge of the tin.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a sectional view through Figure 2 approximately on the line1 1;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of 4part of a tin and a knife or cutterembodying the invention;

Figure 3 is a sectional view through Fig-` ure 2 through the line 3 3;

Figure 4 is a view similar to yFigure 3 showing a modied form of cutteror knife;

Figure 5 is a View similar to ,Figure 1 but showing a modifiedconstruction wherein the device is applied to a pie tin;

Figure 6 is a plan vilew on a large scale of the handle and associatedparts of a modified form of cutter to that-shown in Figure 2;

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 6 but showing a. top plan of thehandle and associated parts illustrated in Figure 2; i f

Figure 8 is a fragmentary sectional view through Figure 2 on the line 88. n

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicates a cakepan having a vertical wall 2 and a radiating flange 3. This llange maybe turned over into a bead, if desired. Associated with the pan 1 is acutter structure 4 pivotally connected with the rpan tin 1 by the rivet.The cutter 4 has a pair yof knives 6 and'7, each of said knives .havinginner'andouter cutting edges 8 and 9 respectively, as shown in Figure 3..lt will be `noted from Figure 2 that these knives merge at 10 and fromthe merging 'l portion 10 they diverge in straight radial lines towallv2 and then are bent so as to yextend upwardly and parallel to wall2. The upward or vertical portion 11 of eachof the knives is sharpenedin the same way as illustrated in Figure 8, but the horizontal portions12 and 13 are not sharpened. The portions 12 and 13 merge into a handle14 which is` preferably rounded ysomewhat to produce a better grip.L Anaperture 15 is arranged at the end of the handle 14,*so that the entirestructure may be supported` by a nail` or other supporting member. Informing the handle 14 portions 16 `and '17 are out and bent downwardlyand into almost a circu- "l lar form,las shown in Figure 1, so that rtheend portion 17 of each of the members 16 and17L loosely lit under theflange 3 so as to hold the knives 6 andf7 against the bottom ofthe tin,while permitting' the cutter to be rotated around the rivet or pivotal`member 15. VVhenthe device is used'the cake dough` is placed Lin thetin 1 and after the dough has n been cooked and it isy desired to removethe re0 v cake,handle 14 isgrasped and moved inga circle, whereupon the`knives r6 and 7 will function to remove,` or rather, loosen the 'cakefrom 'the tin 1. After ythe cutter has beennioved one revolution the tinma be inverted and the ycake will fall there rom under the action ofgravity. It will beobv i served `that by reason of the divergence of theknives 6 and 7 `and the arrangement of the members 16 and 17 the rcutterwill not tilt .for twist but will freely slide. Also, by formingtwo'knives, namely, knives 6 and 7 with double edges none of the cakewill crowd beneath these knives, and consequently, the cutter willnotbecome wedged against movement. i

If desired, instead of having the members 16 and 17 'turned as shown yinFigures 1 and 7, they may be flared laterally as shown by members 16 and17, whereby the end sections present a wider bracing structure whichVfit iatwise against the bottom of tin 1.

acts to further prevent any twisting of the cutter.

In Figure 5 a slightly different structure is provided to that shown inyFigure 1 in order that the vertical sections 11 of the knives 6 and 7may fit against the inclined wall 2 of the pan or tin 1.l lhen bakingies it is customary to permit the covering ayer of dough to extend overthe Vflange 3, and in addition, to Crimp or press this yeovering doughto the lower layer of dough y:for ornamental purposes and also toPrevent the juioesfrom emerging during the cooking op` eration. For thisreason the horizontal portions 12 are formed with sharpened edges to outthis edge of the pie Crust. n In Figure l a modified form of the knives6 and Tis shown.v In thisrform of the invention the structure oi' theknives is identi- Cal with that shown in Figure 2, exceptl for theircross-section.A In this form of the invention instead of being roundedthe surface 19 is straight and also the inner surface 20, but theopposite edges of each yknife are sharp; It will also be noted that theknives Vliat I claim is 1.. A, eakeand pie tin and cutter therefor,Comprising acontainer having a bottom and a substantially upstandingwall merging inte a flange and a cutter formed with a knife fittingatwise against said bottom, said `cutter being formed withv uprightspaced members havingsharp edges i'itting against said wall, said edgesbeing chamfered toward the wall so that the cutting part will be next tothe wall, means for pivotally conmeeting said knife to the center ofsaid container, and means integralwith the upstanding members presentinga handle and guiding means projecting beneath said flange.y

2. A cutterv for cake and pie tins, com'-l prising a pair ofdouble-edged knives eX- tending from the side wall of tin convergingteward the center, the onterend of the lmives being Vspaced sufficientlyto prevent tilting7 each of lsaid knives having upstandingdouble-edged'members merging into a pair of horizontal members, each ofthe horizontal members merging into' turned-over eXtensions-pesitionedse that their ends will slidablyt beneath 'the flange of said tin and aprojection from said horizontal members forming a handle, eaoli of saidknives being beveled including said horizontalr member V with thecutting part'next to the tin.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and lState -of New Yorkthis 17th day of January, 1929. I

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